THE ELKRIDGE 



These two gentlemen had done a good bit of hunting in England, and 

 were most energetic in their efforts to improve the home pack. In the au- 

 tumn of 1 880, Mr. Brown, Senior, was elected President of the Club, while 

 his son was elected Master at the beginning of the following season, serving 

 in that capacity until 1 884, when Mr. T. Swann Latrobe succeeded him. 



Up to 1 884 the pack had consisted of some fifteen couples of native Amer- 

 ican hounds picked up from various sources throughout the state ; but on his 

 accession to office, the new Master promptly imported a draft from England, 

 finding them more easily handled than the home-bred product. Mr. Latrobe 

 remained in office until 1 893, and by his unflagging efforts to improve his 

 hounds, not only furnished very good sport, but left the pack in far better 

 condition than it had ever been before. 



On his resignation, Mr. Alexander Browm was re-elected, and for two 

 years continued to work along much the same lines as his predecessor ; and 

 then finding himself unable to spare the time, he resigned. 



The Mastership was filled in 1 895 by Mr. G. T. Hopkins, Jr., who was 

 able to act for one season only, when Mr. Samuel E. George succeeded 

 him, the latter remaining at the head of affairs until 1900; when the present 

 M. F. H., Mr. Edward A. Jackson was elected. 



All hunting men know that frequent changes in the Mastership of any 

 pack are not good for it, no matter how much pains each succeeding man 

 takes. Few men think alike when it comes to the question of hound-breed- 

 ing, and it takes a long period of constant study and work along the same 

 lines to bring about the best results. Thus it was that Mr. Jackson found 

 that the quality of the hounds in the kennels had somewhat deteriorated, nor 

 had their noses been improved by the running of drags from time to time, 

 but he set about his task wath a will, and by a judicious mixture of English 

 and American blood, he has now a pack which if not the equal in looks and 

 levelness of the best in the country, has made for itself a very good reputa- 

 tion in the matter of work. 



Mr. Jackson is lucky in having a most excellent huntsman, Leo Gardell, 

 who has been most painstaking and skilful in his kennel management, and 

 the thirty odd couples now in the Elkridge kennels are a well-mannered, 



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